On 14 June 1959 Michael Ryan was ordained into the priesthood. Exactly 50 years later on Sunday 14 June 2009 all parishioners were invited to go along to the Pastoral Centre after the 12 o’clock Mass to join the now Canon Ryan in celebrating his Golden Jubilee.

There was a lovely light finger buffet with delicious donations from our home-baking parishioners. Also a special edition of ’Whitemoss Chronicles’ was produced for the occasion. (Neil Gill and Lynn Toner can be seen reading from it in some of the photographs we have.)

Below you will find a slideshow of photographs from our Canon’s Party. Please use the controls at the sides to navigate your way through the presentation.